title: Enhancing optical absorption of metal-organic frameworks for improved visible light photocatalysis.
abstract: NH2-MIL-125(Ti) has been post-synthetically functionalized with dye-like molecular fragments. The new material (methyl red-MIL-125(Ti)) exhibits improved light absorption over a wide range of the visible spectrum, and shows enhanced photocatalytic oxidation activity under visible light illumination. The consequences of functionalization and the bottlenecks in MOF photochemistry are studied in detail.
authors.affiliation: Catalysis Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, Delft, 2628 BL, The Netherlands. M.Nasalevich@tudelft.nl J.Gascon@tudelft.nl.
authors.forename: Maxim A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nasalevich
authors.forename: Maarten G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Goesten
authors.forename: Tom J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Savenije
authors.forename: Freek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kapteijn
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gascon